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floatingleaf) wrote2006-06-13 07:55 pm
floatingleaf) wrote2006-06-13 07:55 pm
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a ramble for no reason
There was some kind of fundraising sale at work today - old books, CDs, DVDs etc. that employees brought in to get rid of. They sold everything for $0.50 - $3.00. So obviously I bought some crap I wouldn't look at otherwise... LOL. Including a VHS copy of 28 Days. No, I didn't have this movie - I figured I didn't need to, since it's easily available for rent (and Viggo's role in it is pretty secondary). But when I saw it there on the table, prized at $1.00, I dissolved into giggles and decided it was waiting for me.;) I just couldn't let anyone else walk away with it, now could I? :P Not that I am actually in possession of any decent means to watch VHS. My roommate does have a VHS player, but as far as I know, it's out of order at the moment, and it doesn't seem to be on anyone's list of priorities to see to it, since nobody uses it anymore. And I'm certainly not going to my parents' place just to watch old Viggo tapes... LOL. So... yeah. A very reasonable purchase indeed. *snort*
But I also got a DVD of Anne Rice's Feast of All Saints, which I didn't even know existed (the movie, I mean; I do own the book, though I haven't read it yet). I hope it's worth seeing.;P There was actually a copy of Monty Python's Life of Brian, but somebody snagged it before I had a chance to lay my hands on it... *growl*
In other exciting news, last Sunday I went with a friend to see The Da Vinci Code. Just as I expected, Ian McKellen totally stole the show - so it was worth seeing, if only for him. I mean, I like the whole theory about Christ and Mary Magdalene (obviously there is no way of finding a definite proof of its validity, but it sounds pretty believable to me...;P), but all those American action/adventure/mystery/suspense movies are so similar to one another it's almost painful to watch (which is why I usually don't watch them). Like they were all done according to one and the same scenario, with only characters' names and locations changed. They are all overloaded with special effects, "unexpected" turns of events, totally unrealistic last minute escapes etc. So the first few I ever saw as a teenager were quite entertaining... then I slowly got tired to the point of annoyance. It's just not my kind of thing anymore...
A crazy French comedy, for example.;) I just ordered one recently from Picture This!. It's called Confusion of Genders. A middle-aged (but quite good-looking) lawyer cannot decide between a few different lovers... of both sexes, as the title suggests. And obviously - as it's a French film - total emotional chaos ensues, with everyone running madly around, having no idea what they actually want. Annoying? Yes. But also hilarious. The irony of life brought to another level. I don't think it would matter much if I gave some spoilers, since it's not the kind of movie where it's essential NOT to know what's going to happen. So let me just say, in extra short, that the hapless hero (the absolute embodiment of indecision), after getting involved with a lovely young boy who throws himself at him, as well as almost seducing an ex-girlfriend of one of his clients, finally marries his best female friend (another lawyer) and fathers her child. And the final scene of the film takes place at the hospital right after the birth, where the mother discovers she has no maternal instincts (right on time... LOL)... but - luckily for the baby - the lovely boy, her husband's young lover, apparently does.;) So he happily rocks the infant... while the father is quite preoccupied chatting up the handsome male nurse. Yep. Classic French comedy for you. *snort*
BUT!... I will now guiltily admit that the main reason I ordered this movie is the aforementioned "lovely boy" - actor Cyrille Thouvenin. He was the younger one of the sweet gay couple in Just a Question of Love. And he's totally charming. As well as very passionate in kissing scenes...;) And the big age difference between him and his lover in Confusion of Genders made me think of V/O... that is, until that pretty explicit sex scene where the older one was bottoming.:P That was just... ummm... no. Don't ask me why, but I just kept thinking: REVERSE, gentlemen! please... LOL.
Anyway... time to end this disjointed ramble. I have no idea what hit me today. *hangs head in shame*
But I also got a DVD of Anne Rice's Feast of All Saints, which I didn't even know existed (the movie, I mean; I do own the book, though I haven't read it yet). I hope it's worth seeing.;P There was actually a copy of Monty Python's Life of Brian, but somebody snagged it before I had a chance to lay my hands on it... *growl*
In other exciting news, last Sunday I went with a friend to see The Da Vinci Code. Just as I expected, Ian McKellen totally stole the show - so it was worth seeing, if only for him. I mean, I like the whole theory about Christ and Mary Magdalene (obviously there is no way of finding a definite proof of its validity, but it sounds pretty believable to me...;P), but all those American action/adventure/mystery/suspense movies are so similar to one another it's almost painful to watch (which is why I usually don't watch them). Like they were all done according to one and the same scenario, with only characters' names and locations changed. They are all overloaded with special effects, "unexpected" turns of events, totally unrealistic last minute escapes etc. So the first few I ever saw as a teenager were quite entertaining... then I slowly got tired to the point of annoyance. It's just not my kind of thing anymore...
A crazy French comedy, for example.;) I just ordered one recently from Picture This!. It's called Confusion of Genders. A middle-aged (but quite good-looking) lawyer cannot decide between a few different lovers... of both sexes, as the title suggests. And obviously - as it's a French film - total emotional chaos ensues, with everyone running madly around, having no idea what they actually want. Annoying? Yes. But also hilarious. The irony of life brought to another level. I don't think it would matter much if I gave some spoilers, since it's not the kind of movie where it's essential NOT to know what's going to happen. So let me just say, in extra short, that the hapless hero (the absolute embodiment of indecision), after getting involved with a lovely young boy who throws himself at him, as well as almost seducing an ex-girlfriend of one of his clients, finally marries his best female friend (another lawyer) and fathers her child. And the final scene of the film takes place at the hospital right after the birth, where the mother discovers she has no maternal instincts (right on time... LOL)... but - luckily for the baby - the lovely boy, her husband's young lover, apparently does.;) So he happily rocks the infant... while the father is quite preoccupied chatting up the handsome male nurse. Yep. Classic French comedy for you. *snort*
BUT!... I will now guiltily admit that the main reason I ordered this movie is the aforementioned "lovely boy" - actor Cyrille Thouvenin. He was the younger one of the sweet gay couple in Just a Question of Love. And he's totally charming. As well as very passionate in kissing scenes...;) And the big age difference between him and his lover in Confusion of Genders made me think of V/O... that is, until that pretty explicit sex scene where the older one was bottoming.:P That was just... ummm... no. Don't ask me why, but I just kept thinking: REVERSE, gentlemen! please... LOL.
Anyway... time to end this disjointed ramble. I have no idea what hit me today. *hangs head in shame*